Odontopleuridae is a family of
odontopleurid trilobite
Trilobites (; meaning "three lobes") are extinct marine arthropods that form the class Trilobita. Trilobites form one of the earliest-known groups of arthropods. The first appearance of trilobites in the fossil record defines the base of the At ...
s found in marine strata throughout the world. Odontopleurids of Odontopleuridae first appear in Late
Cambrian
The Cambrian Period ( ; sometimes symbolized C with bar, Ꞓ) was the first geological period of the Paleozoic Era, and of the Phanerozoic Eon. The Cambrian lasted 53.4 million years from the end of the preceding Ediacaran Period 538.8 million ...
-aged marine strata, and the last genera perish by the end of the
Frasnian
The Frasnian is one of two faunal stages in the Late Devonian Period. It lasted from million years ago to million years ago. It was preceded by the Givetian Stage and followed by the Famennian Stage.
Major reef-building was under way during th ...
stage during the Late Devonian. The members of Odontopleuridae are famous for their spinose appearance, having long, often numerous spines along the edges of their exoskeletons, and derived from ends of segments or tubercle ornaments.
Genera
Genera include
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Acanthalomina''
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Acidaspidella''
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Acidaspides''
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Acidaspis''
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Anacaenaspis''
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Apianurus''
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Archaeopleura''
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Boedaspis''
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Borkopleura''
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Brutonaspis''
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Calipernurus''
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Ceratocara''
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Ceratocephala''
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Ceratocephalinus''
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Ceratonurus''
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Chlustinia''
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Dalaspis''
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Diacanthaspis''
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Dicranurus''
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Dudleyaspis''
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Edgecombeaspis''
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Eoleonaspis''
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Exallaspis''
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Gaotania''
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Globulaspis''
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Hispaniaspis''
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Isoprusia''
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Ivanopleura''
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Kettneraspis''
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Koneprusia''
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Laethoprusia''
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Leonaspis''
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Meadowtownella
''Meadowtownella'' is a rare genus of odontopleurid trilobite found in Ordovician rocks. It is similar to '' Acidaspis cincinnatiensis'' but without the occipital spine.
Some species have been found in Gilwern Hill in Wales, but tend only to b ...
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Miraspis''
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Ningnanaspis''
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Odontopleura''
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Orphanaspis''
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Periallaspis''
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Primaspis''
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Proceratocephala''
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Radiaspis''
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Rinconaspis''
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Selenopeltis
''Selenopeltis'' () is an extinct genus of odontopleurid trilobites in the family Odontopleuridae.
Species in the genus ''Selenopeltis'' can reach a length of and a width of . These trilobites show long pleural spines and were a low-level ...
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Selenopeltoides''
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Sinespinaspis''
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Stelckaspis''
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Taemasaspis''
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Uriarra
Uriarra Village is a community in the District of Coree, Australian Capital Territory established in 1928 at the foothills of the Australian Alps. A nearby area to the north of the border in New South Wales is also called Uriarra.
The settlem ...
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Whittingtonia''
References
Odontopleurida
Trilobite families
Furongian first appearances
Frasnian extinctions
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